Recent Books

Katlyn
StewartEven
as a young girl she knew she was different, knew she had secrets that must
be hidden from view. This story delves into the mind of a child as she
grows into womanhood, as she learns to live with and deal with sexual
abuse from the hands of her Father ... and the abuse that follows her in
the future, more importantly this story is about courage and perseverance,
of abuse — sexual, physical,verbal — but not just about the abuse, but
also the nightmares that echo long after the damage is done.The
hiding within the soul, the courage to endure and the countless stories
you tell yourself while pushing the pain down below the surface and the
struggles through life and love that you must challenge when as a young
person you already have a "monkey on your back."

This comprehensive examination of
sibling abuse not only uncovers its extent and impact, but offers parents sensible and
useful advice. Sibling abuse is the cradle of family and interpersonal violence. Wiehe
provides a timely and useful means of preventing the tragic toll of violence in our
society. Richard Gelles, Ph.D., School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania

About the Author:Vernon R. Wiehe, Ph.D. is a professor in the College of Social Work at the
University of Kentucky. He is the author of over fifty articles in social science journals
as well as numerous books. Dr. Wiehe has lectured extensively on the subject of family
violence to audiences in the United States and abroad. He has appeared on numerous
television and radio talk shows discussing the subject of family relationships.

Not Child's Play: An Anthology on Brother-Sister
IncestRisa Shaw, Ed.CNN Article - Jolting
anthology describes brother-sister incest (26-Feb-01)Not Child's Play is a bomb
that will drop into the complacent lives of families who will not or cannot see or hear
their daughters' and sisters' unspoken pleas for protection, support and vindication.
These words and images will tear down the wall that has shielded brother-sister incest
from the flame of public scrutiny and personal outrage. This book begins to name the deed,
to break the cycle of shame and silence that has kept this issue of abuse conveniently
hidden from public view.
Lynn Bonde, J.D., MSW

Not
Child's Play is a life line for survivors, a mirror in which perpetrators might be
able to see themselves clearly, an invaluable gift to society. By sharing the truths of
their lives, these courageous women are helping to erase ignorance and transform denial
into acknowledgement and action.
Lucy Tatman, PhD

The Emotionally Abused
Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourselfby Beverly Engel
Reviewer: A reader from San Francisco, CA USA
For me, this book above all other self-help books on the subject I've read really hit
home. I was physically and emotionally abused for most of my childhood. Once I grew up and
left home I became involved with emotionally abusive men again and again, for the last
several years. I couldn't understand why I always seemed to pick the wrong guy, and why
life was so painful, and demeaning. Through therapy and self-help books I was able to come
to some realizations. This book was so powerful that halfway through I had to put it down
for some time because the personal truths I arrived at were so painful to face. I hope any
person out there who is going through or has been through an emotionally abusive
relationship will give this book a try. It is well worth it.

Incest and Sexuality: A
Guide to Understanding and Healingby Wendy Maltz
Reviewer: A reader from Liberty, Missouri.
The authors do a wonderful job of connecting with the incest victim. They obviously are
very skilled in listening to their clients and learning from them. I felt they were inside
my head, writing my story. The guidelines for healthy sexuality addresses the concerns of
incest victims very accurately. The presentation of the sequence of events in healing is
very helpful to those not knowing what to expect or how to approach the pain an incest
victim feels. I highly recommend this book for anyone that works with or is an incest
victim. I also highly recommend Wendy Maltz's book--The Sexual Healing Journey.

Surviving Domestic
Violence: Voices of Women Who Broke Free - US - UKby Elaine WeissDescriptionThis is the only book on the market today that
focuses on the entire spectrum of emotional, verbal, sexual, and physical abuse. Written
by University of Utah Clinical Associate Professor Elaine Weiss, a survivor, the book goes
right to the heart of the reader and changes their perspective on this topic. She paints a
clear picture of women who stay in a marriage because of their fierce loyalty and
commitment to the sanctity of marriage. These are stories of twelve women and most are
professionals. Each a victim of domestic violence. Each escaped from her abuser. Each
reclaimed her dignity, reconstructed her life, rediscovered peace. Every woman who has
left an abuser every woman who has yet to leave will find encouragement and support in the
voices of these women who broke free. Domestic violence doesn't just happen "out
there" somewhere. It happens in our town, in our neighborhood, on our street. It
happens to women we see at the supermarket, the movie theater, the ballet, and the PTA
board meeting. It happens to our friends and our co-workers. It happens to our mothers,
our sisters, our daughters, and ourselves.

Healing the Hurt Within:
How to Relieve the Suffering Behind Self-Destructive Behaviour by Jan Sutton (Author's Web Page)The publisher, Trans-Atlantic Publications, September 22, 1999
This book reveals the truth about why people self-injure, misuse
food and abuse alcohol. Many sufferers' voices are included. Their courage and words will
offer comfort, hope and relief to others. The important discoveries made by the author
will also give those who have contact with sufferers a deeper understanding of
self-destructive behavior and what helps to relieve the emotional suffering.Synopsis - Amazon.co.uk
The author has researched into some people's need to self-injure,
misuse food or abuse alcohol. In this book teenagers and adults reveal their stories of
childhood sexual abuse, deprivation, rape and other life traumas. They provide the reader
with valuable insights into what helps relieve the associated emotional suffering. Their
words aim to bring comfort to fellow sufferers, as well as encourage them to reach out and
seek help. The book also aims to give a deeper understanding to those in personal or
professional contact with sufferers.A reader from London , 1 June, 1999 'Excellent, insightful, readable- and British'
It took me a while to find this excellent book on self-injury,
because Amazon online have not given it a subject link as they have the other books on
self-mutilation. Very similar to Tracy Alderman's excellent self help book for people who
hurt themselves, the exercises in Jan Sutton's book are less threatening and easier to
complete, and she relates self-injury to other self destructive behaviours. Many people
struggle with more than one self destructive coping mechanism, alternating between ED
behaviour and cutting, for instance, which makes Sutton's views especially interesting.
Great to have a British list of contacts and resources, and wonderful to have a book that
informs and doesn't condescend.

Twisted Roots of Evil
- Susan KesegichHolli Marshall - Chairperson for
the "Mint Green Ribbon for the
Awareness of Abuse" drive.
"I wanted you to know that I received your book
late on Friday. I read it over the weekend. It was a real page turner and I honestly found
it hard to put down. Although all of us (survivors) have a slightly different
"angle" to contend with, so much of what you shared I could relate to! I have
even adopted the song 'I can see clearly now...' I also found your poetry very appropriate
for the text of the book"

Skin Game - Caroline
KettlewellAmazon.comA number of recent books by journalists and
therapists have probed the social and psychological forces behind the alarming practice of
self-mutilation; this unflinching memoir tells readers what it feels like. Caroline
Kettlewell made her first attempt at age 12 with a Swiss Army knife, too dull to perform
satisfactorily, but she quickly graduated to razor blades. "There was a very fine, an
elegant pain," she writes of her initiation. "In the razor's wake, the skin
melted away ... then the blood welled up ... the chaos in my head spun itself into a silk
of silence."... --Wendy Smith

The Sexual Healing Journey
- Wendy MaltzSynopsis
Examines the harmful effects of sexual abuse on sexual development and behavior and offers
its adult victims a program to rebuild their sexual identity and help them enjoy healthy
sexual relationships.

A Safe Place: Beyond
Sexual Abuse - by Jan MorrisonSynopsis
In this book, you'll discover what real love is, and learn how to develop lasting
friendships and partnerships. As you gain the courage and trust to take off your armor of
self-protection, you'll experience a new, healthy view of love and sex.

Women Living With
Self-Injury Jane W. Hyman PhDWilliam Kadish, Medical Director of the Psychiatry and Addictions Service, Marlborough
Hospital, Marlborough, MA
"Hyman describes the complexities and paradoxes of self-injury with remarkable
fidelity to the lived experiences of those she interviewed. ."
Book Description
They cut their arms and legs with knives and razors; scratch at their skin; burn, bruise,
or stick themselves with cigarettes, hammers, pins, and other objects; bang their heads
and limbs; and break their own bones.
About the Author
Jane Hyman, Ph.D., a researcher and writer on women's health, contributed to both Ourselves,
Growing Older and The New Our Bodies, Ourselves.Sasian's SI Page

3/18/00

Erotic Innocence:
The Culture of Child Molesting by James R. Kincaid
Want your eyes opened? Read this book. I must warn you though, after flipping through
channels a few hours following the introduction of this book, you may want to get rid of
your television. Kincaid really ticked me off initially in his intro, but by the end of it
I was mesmerized clear through to the end of the book. The thought that we have and still
do sexualize children in our country (and world) really sucks at first, but then you
realize its true and it almost makes you sick to your stomach. (Amazon.com customer
review)

3/12/00

The Laid Daughter:
A True Story by Helen BonnerThe Healing Woman Oct. l996 by Aubrieta V. Hope
In the pages of Helen Bonner's compelling story, I glimpsed a child, a very bright child
who survived devastating abuse. Creative and daring, the child speaks in dreams and
journal entries. Because the author writes from an adult perspective, the child remains in
the shadows, around the corner, between the lines. But she no longer searches a dark
house. For Helen Bonner has lifted years of confusion surrounding the humiliating sexual
abuse and terrifying physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her father and mother.
She tells about recovering and healing traumatic childhood memories, yet hers is not
simply a book about incest. Only a few paragraphs scattered throughout the book directly
recount sexually abusive events. The Laid Daughter is an uncompromisingly honest story
about overcoming, achieving, and growing. "Like a detective, I went through a
cardboard box of tattered, handwritten journals, kept for years, looking for
connections." A good book.

3/11/00

No Visible Wounds:
Identifying Nonphysical Abuse of Women by Their Men by Mary Miller, PhDMidwest Book Review
There have been plenty of titles written about physical spousal abuse: now appreciate an
unusual focus on the emotional battery of women by men. Outlines of psychological, social
and economic battery used in manipulation processes make for thought-provoking chapters on
recognizing and acknowledging more subtle patterns of abuse.

Juvenile Sexual Offending:
Causes, Consequences, and Correction
by Gail D. Ryan, Sandy Lane & Alan Rinzler (Editors)From Book News, Inc. , February 1, 1992
A wide range of approaches to the very specific topic of the
sexual abuse of children by teenagers, provides general information, rather than designs
for specific programs, to help professionals deal with the problem in its own right, and
as a clue to how such behavior begins. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Synopsis - Amazon.com
There is a continuing high incidence of juvenile sexual
offenders. This essential resource is a revised version of the book that set the standard
for the understanding and treatment of young people who commit such sexual offenses. The
authors explore the complex issues that surround juvenile sexual offending.

Healing the Hurt Within:
How to Relieve the Suffering Behind Self-Destructive Behaviour by Jan Sutton (Author's Web Page)The publisher, Trans-Atlantic Publications, September 22, 1999
This book reveals the truth about why people self-injure, misuse
food and abuse alcohol. Many sufferers' voices are included. Their courage and words will
offer comfort, hope and relief to others. The important discoveries made by the author
will also give those who have contact with sufferers a deeper understanding of
self-destructive behavior and what helps to relieve the emotional suffering.Synopsis - Amazon.co.uk
The author has researched into some people's need to self-injure,
misuse food or abuse alcohol. In this book teenagers and adults reveal their stories of
childhood sexual abuse, deprivation, rape and other life traumas. They provide the reader
with valuable insights into what helps relieve the associated emotional suffering. Their
words aim to bring comfort to fellow sufferers, as well as encourage them to reach out and
seek help. The book also aims to give a deeper understanding to those in personal or
professional contact with sufferers.A reader from London , 1 June, 1999 'Excellent, insightful, readable- and British'
It took me a while to find this excellent book on self-injury,
because Amazon online have not given it a subject link as they have the other books on
self-mutilation. Very similar to Tracy Alderman's excellent self help book for people who
hurt themselves, the exercises in Jan Sutton's book are less threatening and easier to
complete, and she relates self-injury to other self destructive behaviours. Many people
struggle with more than one self destructive coping mechanism, alternating between ED
behaviour and cutting, for instance, which makes Sutton's views especially interesting.
Great to have a British list of contacts and resources, and wonderful to have a book that
informs and doesn't condescend.

11/25/99

Snapshots -
by Kimbra MartinThe Pacific Northwest has delivered up a
new and gifted voice. In Snapshots, Kimbra Martin delivers an intelligent, articulate view
of a troubled childhood.
Unflinchingly honest, Martin tells the tale with compassion and
balance, in words that are at once hauntingly poetic and beautifully spare.

Trauma & Recovery by
Judith Herman, M.D. [Excerpt]From Book News, Inc. , October 1, 1992
Herman (psychiatry, Harvard Medical School) draws on her own research on domestic
violence, as well as on a vast literature on combat veterans and victims of political
terror, to show the parallels between private terrors like rape and public traumas such as
terrorism. At the heart of the book is a unique approach to recovery that demands that the
therapist depart from a stance of moral neutrality, working slowly toward integration
rather than catharsis.
Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.